Suthep displays ideas of supreme sovereignty

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BURNING ISSUE
Suthep displays ideas of supreme sovereignty
Supalak Ganjanakhundee
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Sovereign power, as referred to in the current Constitution, belongs to the Thai people. But only people who lose their senses, like Suthep Thaugsuban, can claim they'll assume this authority for their personal use.

Even if he claimed to represent millions of people who are absolutely good or better than the rest of the country, he still cannot assume sovereign power - unless he obtained the mandate through a legitimate election.

Ridiculously, veteran politician Suthep announced last Saturday that once the Constitutional Court toppled Yingluck Shinawatra's government, he could pick up anybody he deemed proper to seek royal endorsement as the new premier to replace her.

Suthep spoke as if he had received enlightenment in a dream - that staging street protests for five months could give him sovereignty over the state.

Sovereignty is an abstract term, but all politicians, even a novice, know very well that it exists only at the top of political society and on the ground of civil society.

At the top of political society, the head of state - His Majesty the King in the case of Thailand - holds national sovereignty. All constitutions, including the current one, say the monarch exercises sovereign power through the National Assembly, the Council of Ministers and the courts.

There has been debate in Thailand continuously since the 1932 revolution, which Suthep should know very well, on whether this sovereignty has been transmitted from the monarchy to the people at the ground level of civil society. Yes, of course, the charter said the sovereignty belongs to Thai people, but people have no right to exercise it without royal endorsement.

Sovereignty really belongs to Thai people. The people in this sense are not an individual or a collective group but an abstract. Nobody can say, like Suthep did last Saturday, that "I have the sovereign power now, so I can install anybody to be the prime minister."

Thai history suggests there are two ways to take and exercise national sovereignty. One is through the coup d'etat, usually imposed by the military. The other is through an election, which ordinary people can share in.

Obtaining sovereign power could be through two different ways and result in different types. A coup d'etat would constitute 'effective sovereignty' as the military would have the real power of weapons to enforce it. Many people might resist, as the coup would be without their consent.

An election on the other hand would constitute 'legitimate sovereignty' as it comes from people's consent. World history has proved many times that this system can be relatively peaceful and civilised.

Suthep did not choose the electoral method, although he was familiar with it and had successfully utilised it many times in his political career and exercise of national sovereign power.

If he really does lose his senses, Suthep might believe in another way of seizing power against people's consent — by resorting to a force, which now does not exist. In Thailand today, protesters with bare hands cannot rise up to stage a coup to capture national sovereign power.

Suthep and his intellectuals must remember, a student uprising in 1973 did manage to topple the military regime of Thanom Kittikachon. But those young people, some of whom are now advising Suthep, do not have a chance to know how a new prime minister would be chosen, and have no urge to know how the sovereignty works.


-- The Nation 2014-04-09

[Suriya4]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

[JeremyBowskill]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

If he has millions of supporters then surely he can win an election, no?

[MGP]

Shut your mouth, Suthep. Take a break, and let justice follow its due course.

[Mentors]

The City he comes from and where he and his brother playing Godfathers has a very known hospital for mental illness...

Edited April 9, 2014 by Mentors

[Fryslan boppe]

"An election on the other hand would constitute 'legitimate sovereignty' as it comes from people's consent. World history has proved many times that this system can be relatively peaceful and civilised"

Finally.

Some reality in reporting.

Instead of humouring Suthep and his merry followers, dreaming about a "Civilian Dictatorship"...."Humouring" by reporting on his demagoguery as if it had a degree of legitimacy....Calling the nonsense about this stuff being preached from their stage as some sort of Seminar or forumn.....and some Posters lamely criticizing Suthep, but attacking commentary opposing that coup-dictatorial-speak, in blind defense of the PAD-Dem's......oppositional attacks which in effect support such ideology....As if they can oppose and support at the same time.

The above quote is the only...the only avenue...toward governing legitimacy.....Applying an electoral and Parliamentary template and prism over all this stuff, allows one to see "The forest for the trees"

I am the first one to acknowledge that this 'template/prism' is imperfect, especially in Thailand, but have yet to see anything better......

This "coup-civilian dictatorship" nonsense is so far removed from viability, it beggars the least bit of believability from normal people, especially Farangs coming from Democratic traditions...Why the media promotes this stuff by giving it oxygen with their extensive coverage, while at the same time denigrating the huge Democracy focussed rally of those who oppose it, as they did this past weekend , makes them complicit in this Suthep nonsense.

IMHO, all progressive discussions about improving the application of that ' Electoral and Parliamentary Democratic template/prism' in Thailand ought to focus on how to acquire electoral competitiveness and a Parliamentary balance of power......

Achievable...as long as those who currently hold the "short straw" in that regard, look at reforming themselves. Quit accusing everyone else for their deficiencies, and/or denigrating them to the point of political irrelevance....The only ones politically irrelevant at the moment are 'they".

Edited April 9, 2014 by Fryslan boppe

[Emptyset]

Nobody can say, like Suthep did last Saturday, that "I have the sovereign power now, so I can install anybody to be the prime minister."

I'm a firm believer in the collective wisdom of Thaivisa, so despite having read otherwise in Khao Sod, the BKK Post and according to translations given by the Nation staff on Twitter, I still believe that Suthep didn't claim anything like sovereign power for himself or the PDRC. Sadly, I can only presume that this writer is just yet another credulous victim of the red propaganda served up by the above publications.

In fact I was so disappointed after having read this - thinking of all the lies out there and how people believe them - I had to go over to the website goodreads.com and look for inspiring quotes about truth to make myself feel better about the world. Here's one by someone called Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj who I confess I'd never heard of before about five minutes ago. This quote is quite correctly tagged with the words "inspirational" and "spiritual" and those two adjectives certainly describe something of the feeling that one has after reading the quote and trying to absorb such a profound and hopeful message all in one go.

“It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.”

There you have it. So in light of that, I believe those of us who stand for happiness and liberation must act to rectify this travesty of an article. I think we should send a group letter to The Nation, letting them know they've been lied to and that Suthep in fact said nothing of the sort about assuming sovereignty and using that same sovereignty to legitimize the unilateral selection of a ''neutral PM'' and a ''People's Council''. All complete claptrap and hokum. Nothing, in fact, could be further from Suthep's mind. I actually feel sorry for those taken in by Khao Sod. But also better about myself for having reiterated the truth here.

Anyway, if anyone does write such a letter, feel free to put my name "Emptyset" as one of the signatorys to it. In the meantime, I shall be bathing in the wisdom of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

[Mentors]

Nobody can say, like Suthep did last Saturday, that "I have the sovereign power now, so I can install anybody to be the prime minister."

I'm a firm believer in the collective wisdom of Thaivisa, so despite having read otherwise in Khao Sod, the BKK Post and according to translations given by the Nation staff on Twitter, I still believe that Suthep didn't claim anything like sovereign power for himself or the PDRC. Sadly, I can only presume that this writer is just yet another credulous victim of the red propaganda served up by the above publications.

In fact I was so disappointed after having read this - thinking of all the lies out there and how people believe them - I had to go over to the website goodreads.com and look for inspiring quotes about truth to make myself feel better about the world. Here's one by someone called Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj who I confess I'd never heard of before about five minutes ago. This quote is quite correctly tagged with the words "inspirational" and "spiritual" and those two adjectives certainly describe something of the feeling that one has after reading the quote and trying to absorb such a profound and hopeful message all in one go.

It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.

There you have it. So in light of that, I believe those of us who stand for happiness and liberation must act to rectify this travesty of an article. I think we should send a group letter to The Nation, letting them know they've been lied to and that Suthep in fact said nothing of the sort about assuming sovereignty and using that same sovereignty to legitimize the unilateral selection of a ''neutral PM'' and a ''People's Council''. All complete claptrap and hokum. Nothing, in fact, could be further from Suthep's mind. I actually feel sorry for those taken in by Khao Sod. But also better about myself for having reiterated the truth here.

Anyway, if anyone does write such a letter, feel free to put my name "Emptyset" as one of the signatorys to it. In the meantime, I shall be bathing in the wisdom of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

Off Topic:

Maharaj - Non Dualism.

i have a couple of books about Maharaj/R. Balsekar. Helped me trough harder times.

Back to Topic:

Edited April 9, 2014 by Mentors

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

This is no comment one way or the other on Suthep's verbal ramblings... But just a question.

Is there any real difference between a military coup, of which Thailand has had made, vs. a, for lack of a better term, a "people's coup"?

AFAIK, the military have no legal right under any Thai law to overthrow a sitting, elected Thai government -- no matter how bad it may be. Yet they've done so many times.

So how would a people's coup be any different -- other than that the military has the weapons and force to better execute such a thing, compared to the average citizens on the street. Although, these days, based on the numbers of shootings and grenade attacks occurring, the citizens on the street seem to be pretty well armed.

[WoopyDoo]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

If he has millions of supporters then surely he can win an election, no?

Well they got 11.5 votes while they were at their weakest in 2011 during an election where they were not allowed to campaign for 80% of the votes due to campaign intimidation from the red shirts hired by Thaksin. Also the vast amount of voters intimidated by red thugs and village chiefs forcing them to vote PTP against threat of violence and harm...

In the past 3 years, they would have picked up even more due to the ineptitude of the PTP government and the shambles they have made of ALL their populist policies.

So yes..... The Dems can get many votes.

In fact, in a FREE and FAIR election, they would almost certainly take PTP to the cleaners.

But getting FREE and FAIR elections is impossible while Thaksin wields influence in Thailand and holds the north in his tyrannical grip through fear.

[geovalin]

Rare wise article from TheNation.

[BigMountain]

This is no comment one way or the other on Suthep's verbal ramblings... But just a question.

Is there any real difference between a military coup, of which Thailand has had made, vs. a, for lack of a better term, a "people's coup"?

AFAIK, the military have no legal right under any Thai law to overthrow a sitting, elected Thai government -- no matter how bad it may be. Yet they've done so many times.

So how would a people's coup be any different -- other than that the military has the weapons and force to better execute such a thing, compared to the average citizens on the street. Although, these days, based on the numbers of shootings and grenade attacks occurring, the citizens on the street seem to be pretty well armed.

This struck me as odd, as well. He seems to think that a military coup is acceptable based on historical precedent, but a "people's coup" has no precedent, and therefore unacceptable. I happen to agree with most everything he writes here regarding Suthep's speech folly (geez man, you weren't supposed to actually come out and SAY it!), but it does unintentionally shed light on the role of the military in Thai politics.

[tezzainoz]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

even you could be right

Sutheop has made it clean he does not want this

so the Red shirt government fans need to tell lies and make him look bad

and they call this a democratic government

[WoopyDoo]

This is no comment one way or the other on Suthep's verbal ramblings... But just a question.

Is there any real difference between a military coup, of which Thailand has had made, vs. a, for lack of a better term, a "people's coup"?

AFAIK, the military have no legal right under any Thai law to overthrow a sitting, elected Thai government -- no matter how bad it may be. Yet they've done so many times.

So how would a people's coup be any different -- other than that the military has the weapons and force to better execute such a thing, compared to the average citizens on the street. Although, these days, based on the numbers of shootings and grenade attacks occurring, the citizens on the street seem to be pretty well armed.

The difference is that the government are in a huge position of trust by the people to serve the people. The army are in a position to serve the people also.

The people have the ultimate power and sovereignty in the nation.

So the people have the right to topple a government if it fails to deliver on its promises and this government has failed on every single front.

[Emptyset]

This is no comment one way or the other on Suthep's verbal ramblings... But just a question.

Is there any real difference between a military coup, of which Thailand has had made, vs. a, for lack of a better term, a "people's coup"?

AFAIK, the military have no legal right under any Thai law to overthrow a sitting, elected Thai government -- no matter how bad it may be. Yet they've done so many times.

So how would a people's coup be any different -- other than that the military has the weapons and force to better execute such a thing, compared to the average citizens on the street. Although, these days, based on the numbers of shootings and grenade attacks occurring, the citizens on the street seem to be pretty well armed.

Well the gist of Suthep's argument is that since sovereignty belongs to the people and because he is a "medium" of the people, all he's really doing is returning sovereignty to its proper place, i.e. the hands of the people. But the military have also previously argued they're acting on behalf of the people and the nation. Suthep could counter that he has the real people - the mob on the street - with him whereas a military does not. However, since those people on the street only represent a small fraction of "the people", what it amounts to in practice is a takeover by a few against the sovereignty of the abstract "people" that the writer discusses. So I'm not sure there's much of a difference.

Edited April 9, 2014 by Emptyset

[JeremyBowskill]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

If he has millions of supporters then surely he can win an election, no?

Well they got 11.5 votes while they were at their weakest in 2011 during an election where they were not allowed to campaign for 80% of the votes due to campaign intimidation from the red shirts hired by Thaksin. Also the vast amount of voters intimidated by red thugs and village chiefs forcing them to vote PTP against threat of violence and harm...

In the past 3 years, they would have picked up even more due to the ineptitude of the PTP government and the shambles they have made of ALL their populist policies.

So yes..... The Dems can get many votes.

In fact, in a FREE and FAIR election, they would almost certainly take PTP to the cleaners.

But getting FREE and FAIR elections is impossible while Thaksin wields influence in Thailand and holds the north in his tyrannical grip through fear.

Yes, I did mean after this lot has been bunged out. Which does look to be not so far away maybe.....

[Emptyset]

This is no comment one way or the other on Suthep's verbal ramblings... But just a question.

Is there any real difference between a military coup, of which Thailand has had made, vs. a, for lack of a better term, a "people's coup"?

AFAIK, the military have no legal right under any Thai law to overthrow a sitting, elected Thai government -- no matter how bad it may be. Yet they've done so many times.

So how would a people's coup be any different -- other than that the military has the weapons and force to better execute such a thing, compared to the average citizens on the street. Although, these days, based on the numbers of shootings and grenade attacks occurring, the citizens on the street seem to be pretty well armed.

This struck me as odd, as well. He seems to think that a military coup is acceptable based on historical precedent, but a "people's coup" has no precedent, and therefore unacceptable. I happen to agree with most everything he writes here regarding Suthep's speech folly (geez man, you weren't supposed to actually come out and SAY it!), but it does unintentionally shed light on the role of the military in Thai politics.

I'm not sure he was suggesting that he thought a military takeover was acceptable. He said that a military coup makes the military effectively sovereign (i.e. they hold state power), but not legitimately sovereign, as legitimacy can only be bestowed by the people and, in his view, the only way the people can confer legitimacy is through an election. So it seems, linking it to John's post, he doesn't really distinguish between what Suthep is doing and a military coup. Neither are routes to legitimately held sovereignty.

[rabas]

Nobody can say, like Suthep did last Saturday, that "I have the sovereign power now, so I can install anybody to be the prime minister."

I'm a firm believer in the collective wisdom of Thaivisa, so despite having read otherwise in Khao Sod, the BKK Post and according to translations given by the Nation staff on Twitter, I still believe that Suthep didn't claim anything like sovereign power for himself or the PDRC. Sadly, I can only presume that this writer is just yet another credulous victim of the red propaganda served up by the above publications.

In fact I was so disappointed after having read this - thinking of all the lies out there and how people believe them - I had to go over to the website goodreads.com and look for inspiring quotes about truth to make myself feel better about the world. Here's one by someone called Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj who I confess I'd never heard of before about five minutes ago. This quote is quite correctly tagged with the words "inspirational" and "spiritual" and those two adjectives certainly describe something of the feeling that one has after reading the quote and trying to absorb such a profound and hopeful message all in one go.

“It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.”

There you have it. So in light of that, I believe those of us who stand for happiness and liberation must act to rectify this travesty of an article. I think we should send a group letter to The Nation, letting them know they've been lied to and that Suthep in fact said nothing of the sort about assuming sovereignty and using that same sovereignty to legitimize the unilateral selection of a ''neutral PM'' and a ''People's Council''. All complete claptrap and hokum. Nothing, in fact, could be further from Suthep's mind. I actually feel sorry for those taken in by Khao Sod. But also better about myself for having reiterated the truth here.

Anyway, if anyone does write such a letter, feel free to put my name "Emptyset" as one of the signatorys to it. In the meantime, I shall be bathing in the wisdom of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

I don't know. But I think one has to acknowledge that some have interpreted his words as stepping over the line.

If you read the article carefully, it's more like a warning to shut up and don't forget who you represent.

It's my opinion that Suthep is little more than a bulldog on a leash. I can imaging a newspaper being rolled

up and smacking Suthep over the head several times as the master pulls his leash tight.

I certainly do not see the article in any way as support for PTP, and the evil one.

Does anyone have a link to a video of his presentation on Saturday?

[fcbkk]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

Personally i think you are wrong here. In my view it would be better to say there are millions who support the cause that Suthep represents, not Suthep himself.

Almost all the Thais who have shared their opinion with me (and I ask many) are fully aware of Suthep's own shortcomings, but he has gained their respect for the good he has created (i.e raising awareness and giving people a forum to voice their opinion against the Shin-driven madness).

People [have to] put trust in him, because it is the only viable force for that cause right now, but they do know he is a means to an end only and do not want him to have any sovereignty whatsoever, and actually I believe Suthep himself knows this, and agrees and respects this.

It is a difficult choice and very hard to place trust in him, as he makes some (shocking and) contradicting statements himself, even if you discount the evil spin added by Khaosod and others.

Perhaps his recent speech is more aimed at increasing the pressure and try force a reaction - bear in mind the key in his speech was that the action points lined up were conditional to PTP refusing to accept court judgements (should they go against them).

[chainarong]

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Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

If he has millions of supporters then surely he can win an election, no?

Well they got 11.5 votes while they were at their weakest in 2011 during an election where they were not allowed to campaign for 80% of the votes due to campaign intimidation from the red shirts hired by Thaksin. Also the vast amount of voters intimidated by red thugs and village chiefs forcing them to vote PTP against threat of violence and harm...

In the past 3 years, they would have picked up even more due to the ineptitude of the PTP government and the shambles they have made of ALL their populist policies.

So yes..... The Dems can get many votes.

In fact, in a FREE and FAIR election, they would almost certainly take PTP to the cleaners.

But getting FREE and FAIR elections is impossible while Thaksin wields influence in Thailand and holds the north in his tyrannical grip through fear.

Have the UN come in as observers , ensure that no intimidation from villages heads, red shirts etc , just one whisper of intimidation and the UN tells the world about Thailand and its freely fought elections ,you make some very valid points, good to see.

[chotthee]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

even you could be right

Sutheop has made it clean he does not want this

so the Red shirt government fans need to tell lies and make him look bad

and they call this a democratic government

You mean all the newspaper, including Nation and Bangkok post tell lies?

[noitom]

This article is surprising all of a sudden from this Thai press who for months was beating Suthep's drum. Now all of a sudden, the Thai press seems to make him out for the crackpot that he is. The Thai press should go ahead and start identifying who Suthep's advisers are, these intellectuals. Why continue to play games and keep the scorecard a secret. Let's see who they are. Who is attempting to take over Thailand behind Suthep?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The military has a long and less than illustrious history of coups in Thailand.

And while I'm no Thai historian, I don't get the impression that all of them were necessarily done at the behest of some kind of popular mandate from the Thai people at large. Lots of other reasons, circumstances, motivations have come into play.

So I guess my point was, unless it's to protect the nation from foreign intervention/forces, I don't see the military having any different/superior right to engage in coups vs. the Thai people at large.

Coups are, I believe by definition, an extra-legal form of taking control of a government -- no matter who's doing the deed. That's not to say, though, that it can be necessary or the best course for a country at times -- if the normal so-called democratic process isn't working. The problem, of course, is just who gets to decide that.

[CaptHaddock]

This is no comment one way or the other on Suthep's verbal ramblings... But just a question.

Is there any real difference between a military coup, of which Thailand has had made, vs. a, for lack of a better term, a "people's coup"?

AFAIK, the military have no legal right under any Thai law to overthrow a sitting, elected Thai government -- no matter how bad it may be. Yet they've done so many times.

So how would a people's coup be any different -- other than that the military has the weapons and force to better execute such a thing, compared to the average citizens on the street. Although, these days, based on the numbers of shootings and grenade attacks occurring, the citizens on the street seem to be pretty well armed.

Represents a refinement of the technique. In the 2006 military coup no shots were fired. It wasn't necessary since the tanks were out on the street and soldiers all around. Everyone understood that should it be necessary shots would indeed be fired. In the current situation it is understood by all participants that the army stands behind Suthep's mob. Prayuth even announced that the army is out to protect the protesters. He never mentioned protecting the right of the citizens to cast ballots in a national election and indeed took no steps for that purpose. The alignment of the parties has not changed since the shooting of 100 people in 2010, but by not acting openly the army can claim to be neutral.

[noitom]

He's "displaying ideas" rather than articulating them. He displays.

[Eric Loh]

Suterp has actually done a lot of damage to his former party by splitting up their supporters. Both shared the same voters base. Come election and it will happen sooner or later, there will be those who support Suterp and will probably not vote or vote no and some who is just feed-up with the Dem antics and cross over. This happen in the 2010 election causing a landslide loss to the Dem and will benefit PT and more possibly the fringe parties to gain on the Dem strongholds. As for Suterp, really a dead end for him and he will fade away like Chamlong or Sonthi.

[binjalin]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

have you been drinking Chang?

say after me:

ELECTIONS

DEMOCRACY

if he has "millions" who want him to be PM stand for election

get it?

[harkish]

Wow, with Suthep's latest comments this thing just went from tiring to downright weird and worrying. The guy is talking about some sort of civilian dictatorship with him in the role of dictator. Do his supporters start to see a whiff of danger here, or are they so blinded by fear of the man who can't be named that they are willing to continue to back this nutter?

[lostinsurin]

And still Mr yellow farang is in denial, Mr frog,scamper, TV Gerry and the other mob what say thee now?

I think many have gone into shock, try turning this one into a debate about rubbish if you can.

[thaiguzzi]

Suthep have millions of supporters who want him to be PM. Isn't that mandate enough to rule the country? Many people will come out to donate and protect him if Yingluck try to arrest him. Also, Thai court have no right what so ever to summon him at all, because he protest peacefully and without weapon.

Back again are we? Nice hols in La La Land? A full on Looney Elitist's view of Thai politics.